Cenotaph WW1 - Wyong, NSW, Australia - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

On the base of the eastern side of the Memorial Column is the Honour Roll for the Wyong locals who enlisted and served in 'the Great War'. It reads:

   IN MEMORY OF WYONG HEROES

Pte.	K.G. Randall		Pte.	John McKenzie
	Harold Murray			Thomas Dwyer
	Norman J. Gibson		William Jones
	Harry Bale			John Royde
	Bertie Pemberton		A.S. Atkins
	Aubrey Smith			James A. Farrell
	William	Boyd			R.G. Buckton
	David W. Dixon			W.H. Hodge
	Cecil Hall			A.H. Bean
	Andrew Robert Hall		A. O'Rourke
	Leonard Jean Kelle		William Woodbury
	Ray L. Goldsmith	L'Cpl.	C.E. Riley
	Gilbert Harding		Cpl	R.G. Crane
	P.T. Duncan		Cpl	W.H. Redgate
	Roy A. Phillips		Gunner	Edgar R. Waters
	E. McManus		Srgnt.	Eric Tate
	Hector Crane

[Then, on the lower half of the square base of the monument are three more inscriptions, with the top on a brass tablet, with white writing, while all the rest of the inscriptions (including the above) are gilded in the engraving of the polished trachyte.]

	      Dedicated to those who served
		   and those who died
		     in World War 1


 	    "THINE, O LORD,
	    IS THE VICTORY"

   This Monument was erected in Honor
of those who enlisted from this District
 for Service in the Great War 1914-1919

Originally the polished trachyte column and was located in Railway Square and unveiled by Sir Granville Ryrie in 1923 (ANZAC Day), for a cost of some £700. On top of the column is a red granite orb, and the square base is mounted on a broader concrete base with three steps up on each side. [The northern side has subsequent inscriptions for World War Two] Some info from the Monuments Australia website link below.

Visited: 1633, Wednesday, 7 February, 2018

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 04/25/1923 Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Wyong Sub-Branch RSL Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Alison Road & Rankens Court, Wyong Town Park Wyong, NSW Australia 2259 Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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